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Imagery In The Stepford Wives By Ira Levin
Imagery is frequent to writers, so they can appeal to the readers senses. Ira Levin uses this tool to the best of his ability. To enumerate on that analysis, in "The Stepford Wives," it states,"Bobbie, in her immaculate living room-cushions all fluffed, wood gleaming, magazines framed"(pg 77). This description appeals to all the senses, since gleaming wood and magazines framed, make you imagine how this place smells, looks, hears, etc.... To repeat what I just said, in "Rosemary's Baby," Rosemary,"...sat in one of the window bays and looked at the table of contents"(pg 173). Once again he describes something that will make your imagination think of the senses. His imagery device gives a spectacular contribution to his work, since more detail

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